Security Systems Engineer
Location: Carlsbad,California,United States
Onboarding Security Systems Engineer
Overview
Growing at over 400% per annum, Proficio is one of the fastest growing Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs). We provide cloud-based IT security and compliance solutions to medium to large-sized enterprises.
According to Gartner, the managed security services business is one of the fast growing segments in the IT industry. The adoption of cloud computing, the trend to outsourcing, and the increasing number of security breaches are all propelling the growth of the Managed Security Services industry.
Proficio is at the center of this exciting industry changing the way organizations meet their IT security and compliance goals by providing the most advanced cloud-based solutions to monitor and scan critical assets.
Primary Purpose:
We are seeking an energetic Onboarding Engineer to serve as a technical resource and leader. The position will help ensure overall availability and reliability to meet or exceed defined service levels of Security Operations Center clients. The Onboarding Engineer will assist in working with new clients as they transition to our ProSOC service. This includes developing, managing, and optimizing overall IT infrastructure and systems reporting from the client to our Security Operation Center.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Assist in the onboarding and implementation of network management and security solutions for Proficio clients across industries and geographic locations. Act as a technical liaison between Proficio and its customers during the onboarding process. Review technical security posture (network, application, and database) for existing and newly acquired businesses or services. Perform security reviews and monitoring of the production environment. Setup permissions for users, open ports/services and perform overall network setup tasks during onboarding. Perform the installation and configuration of security monitoring tools in support of our ProSOC service.
Education and Experience Required:
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in Information Technology
- Security certification such as SANS/GIAC, CISSP, CISA, CISM a plus
- Project delivery and management experience
- Basic Unix or Linux systems administration experience (Debian GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, etc.)
- Experience with Windows Server 2008/2012 and Active Directory
- Understanding of Juniper, Palo Alto, Cisco, and F5 networking gear
- Experience in the configuration and troubleshooting of IPSec VPN tunnels
- Knowledge with network analysis tools such as Wireshark and TCPDump
- Knowledge of UNIX and Windows environments as may pertain to Network and Security tasks including syslog, DNS, load balancers and BIND, BigIP command line on BSD, Windows Event Log
- Scripting/programming skills (Perl, Python) and familiarity with ethical hacking a plus
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science (or related field) or equivalent work experience